actual schuylkill expressway. expressway as you're heading out the door on new jersey, the 42 freeway, five minutes headed northbound from 55 up towards the walt whitman bridge. the walt whitman bridge doing okay. construction clearing out of the way on the burlington bristol. expect residual delays. as for the ben we have two lanes blocked headed westbound into philadelphia. the tac pal is doing just fine. life has definitely changed for me. i think i have to buckle up and get ready for it. >> buckle up and got ready for it. carli lloyd comes home breaking news from overnight. nbc 10 was at philadelphia international airport when the world cup champion from burlington county arrived from the west coast. she couldn't beat the kiss from her fiance at the airport. matt delucias with there for

carli's homecoming. we'll check with him ahead at 5:30. new information in the bill cosby scandal. a public official tells us he believes cosby could face criminal charges based on the comedian's testimony and a sexual assault lawsuit ten years ago. vai sikahema is live for us in our digital operations center now. vai, what charges could cosby possibly face? >> well chris, let me sum it up in one word perjury. we're hearing that from the former prosecutor who tried to file charges against the comedian years ago. monday night we brought you cosby's admission that he got quaaludes, a sedative with the intention of using them for young women with whom he wanted to have sex. the admission came from a deposition cosby gave ten years ago in '05. a temple university employee accused him of drugging and sexually asauling her at his home. conte commissioner and former d.a. bruce caster who is running for his old job says cosby may have lied under oath.

>> it is as good as what we'd get in a sexual assault case? no. he's an old man. you put him in jail for a couple of years, he'll probably die. >> perjury is a felony punishable by up to seven years in prison. bill cosby has never been charged with a courtroom and we have new information just in to the newsroom in the past few minutes. a disney spokesperson says a bust of cosby at walt disney world's hollywood studios was removed last night after the park closed. live in the digital operations center, i'm vai sikahema nbc 10. >> the downfall of bill cosby's reputation began last fall. some of the allegations dating back to the 1960s. the temple employee, andrea constance, came forward to police in 2005. no criminal charges were filed against cosby but she settled her civil lawsuit against him the following year for an undisclosed amount. it wasn't until last year that

new allegations have brought attention to cosby. since then more than a dozen women have made allegations against him. a man is recovering after being stabbed in north philadelphia. investigators say after he was stabbed in the arm and leg, he ran to a nearby chinese food store, called 911. the suspect was arrested. investigators are calling this a domestic incident. this morning we're learning more about the punishment for the young suspects accused in a group attack on a homeless man outside a gas stafion in north philadelphia in april. a judge has ordered a 14-year-old boy to juvenile detention center and is deciding on the punishment of two other kids. three women are also charged in the beating that left the victim in a coma. philadelphia police are offering a $10,000 reward for the arrest in the second suspect accused in a shooting that injured seven people last month. the first sus pekt dennis

tindal was charged. he was involved in a fight with a group of men in kensington and promised to return. he came back with a second suspect armed with a shotgun. he allegedly shot seven victims. this principal is off the job, accused of indecent assault of a student. george symonds is his name. authorities say he began inappropriate contact with an eighth grader last year in his office and in the school's bathroom. his lawyer said symonds will fight the charges in court. new this morning in chester conte, police looking for the person who stole american flags in coatesville. volunteers put up 70 flags to celebrate the fourth of july. someone swiped three of the flag which belong to the coatesville vfw post 287. police in northfield atlantic county are missing a

device men to the slow down drivers. they believe a thief made a speedy getaway. check out this tweet. someone stole one of their electronic radar signs that show you their speed. it was posted on cedar bridge road. we checked online and fon those devices sell for about $3,000. the time is 5:05 in new information about hazing allegations at st. joseph university. an investigator fon nod violations by the university or the women's softball coaching staff. two players -- former players filed lawsuits against st. joe's and the head coach. the students claimed they were harassed forced to drink alcohol and engage in sexually demeaning acts. the lawsuits are still pending. the school canceled the team's last three games of the season after the allegations surfaced. >> 5:05 now. 78 degrees. happening today, tom wolf will be in chester conte to discuss education. he'll also get questions about the current budget standoff. this is all part of the schools that teach tour. today wolf will be visiting

downingtown middle school. last week, he vetoed a republican task spending plan. there's still no budget in place. an arbitrator is siding with the teachers union in a fight over counselors laid off by the school district. if the decision is upheld every philadelphia public school could have a full-time counselor by the start of the next school year. from our south jersey bureau there's an ambulance controversy blewing in camden. governor christie signed a bill allowing cooper university hospital to take over paramedic services from virtua health systems. virtu aext virtua's says his company is pursuing possible legal action. happening today, get ready for fun in the water. the fun safe philly program is

having a pool party. the program links younger kids to free and low-cost summer activities and puts teens in touch with summer jobs. now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> seven minutes after 5:00 this morning. it's a warm muggy start. i'm already tracking showers this morning. they're not in the area just yet. but later this morning, we will see the first showers arrive and this afternoon possibility of thunderstorms with those storms could come heavy downpours. a lot of moisture in the air. we could see some isolated areas of flooding. those areas of poor drainage that get the showers. millville at 78. it's now down to 78 degrees in philadelphia. temperatures are slowly coming down. clear, dry view from center city looking past city hall this morning. sunshine to start with but the clouds are already starting to increase from the west.

that's where we're seeing the line of showers. this is a slow moving cold front that's going to come in with a chance of showers and possibly heavy downpours. we've seen those moving through punxsutawney this morning, heading due east. most of what we'll see this morning is cloud cover and high humidity. and then scattered showers later in the morning. 73 this afternoon, mt. pocono chance of storms for reading and quakertown. we'll keep the temperatures in the low 80s today. 85 for trenton, doylestown 82. could see showers and thunderstorms this afternoon for mt. holly and at the shore, the showers will be delayed coming in. that will allow the temperatures to climb, upper 80s for rehoboth and cape may. vineland is up to 86 this afternoon. showers possible this morning. storms this afternoon for westchester, drexel hill and swedesboro. seven-day forecast when i come back in ten minutes. and it does have some drier conditions on it. timing when i come back. >> hopefully dry weekend conditions included in that. thank you, bill.

eight minutes after 5:00. jessica boyington is watching the traffic. where are you seeing it. >> we are looking at small delays around the tacony palmyra bridge on route 73 in new jersey. not a lot of volume because it is still early. generally during the morning rush hour we see that backed up past this enter section. a little bit of volume accumulating up here residual delay, due to an earlier opening. out on 95 heading out the door in delaware, no problems, 11 minutes or 10 minutes headed northbound or southbound from 295 up towards 495. no problems septa, no delays. we are having several loans and trains running with fewer cars. new jersey transit fine and patco is doing okay so far as well. it is a charity that provides temporary homes for families caring for children in the hospital. last year they had to turn thousands away.

katy zachry is looking into the ronald mcdonald expansion plan. >> it's a worthwhile cause. why are the summer months proving difficult for the ronald mcdonald house to raise money and get community support? turns out there are a few reasons. and crying at the checkout counter. the small act of kindness that brought shoppers to tears.

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federal investigators are looking for the cause of a deadly midair crash involving a fighter jet and a small plane. these aerials show the site where the air force f-16 collided with the plane yesterday morning. two people on board the small plane died. medics took the pilot to a base hospital for observation. now look at the wreckage. this is the f-16 jet. the crash rained down debris over a wide area of marshes and rice fields. the impact of the jet left burning metal, splintered trees and a crater. the small plane was destroyed. right now, more than 1,000 army troops in canada are fighting these massive wildfires. more than 13,000 people were forced to leave their homes in british columbia an evacuation that officials are calling unprecedented. u.s. firefighters have also been called to help try to get a handle on those fires.

donovan mcnabb is again facing dui charges in arizona where he lives. police arrested mcnabb on june 28th after his car rear ended another car near phoenix. no one was hurt. in 20 in he's convicted of a second dui so close to the first, he may face up to 90 days in jil and suspension of his driver's license. police raided a home in a heroin bust. police arrested dustin drew yesterday on several drug possession charges. he's being held on more than $40,000 bonn. look at what police say they found inside his home. nearly 1,000 bags of hoern plus marijuana and suspected drug money. 5:14 now. a local woman will be honored at the white house for her work in fighting a disease she knows all too well. emily kramer-golinkoff will be

recognized as part of the champions of change initiative. she's the co-founder of emily's entourage which focuses on finding new treatments and a cure for the disease. the champions of change program was created to feature people from across the country who empower and inspire as emily has done here. she talks about the program on her website. >> we are at our heart a family organization that's being propel propelled by a community that keeps getting bigger. we're one family. there's a lot of other families like us. >> last year, the white house launched the president's precision medicine initiative to focus on individualized treatment. the 21st annual summer picnic at the dupont hospital for children. delaware state police along with hospital volunteers will be surfing up food and providing fun activities for kids and their families.

new this morning, one of philadelphia's oldest charities say they face an uphill challenge as they try to help more families. >> reporter: the ronald mcdonald house here in university city and also the location in north philadelphia, they are in desperate need of expanding. last year alone they had to turn away more than 2,000 families because there just isn't the room. now, it turns out even for this hometown charity, the summer months are a difficult time to raise money for their normal operating budget as well as their expansion hopefuls. people who are on vacation they aren't thinking as much about giving as they do other times of the year. plus the ronald mcdonald house is compete with other worthwhile causes in the area. families consider this round the clock hospitality service to be life saving. >> we need to basically be able to accommodate more families. the demand is only increasing

and our vacancy rate is impossible to manage. we really need to do more. >> reporter: what happens inside? well out of town families are here for weeks if not months at a time while their children are staying at local churn's hospitals receiving medical treatment. coming up in the next hour about how this home in particular turned a very difficult situation into making it bearable. reporting live in university city, katy zachry, nbc 10 news. 5:17 now. we have new information for you about the repair work on the knox covered bridge in valley forge park. officials say they expect the bridge to be closed until the end of this year. that's because a crash sometime over the weekend caused damage to the 150-year-old bridge. the repair work will begin in september. hopefully all the other bridges out there are covered this morning. and jessica boyington is watching that. >> we can check. jessica boyington has you covered as you head out the

door. >> as for area breaths, we're dealing with ongoing construction on the ben franklin, head westbound into the city we are losing two lands. the burlington bristol is back up. no problems for the walt or the tac pal. no problems headed westbound. as for the drive times in the rest of the philadelphia area, 95 southbound from woodhaven road up towards the vine street expressway, average speeds of about 67 miles per hour. some people are going a little bit fast there. 12 minutes, no problems on the schuylkill. the blue route is doing just fine southbound as well. septa trains a lot of them are operating with fewer cars. as for new jersey transit and patco, running on time with no delays. we check in with more drive times, coming up. now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> 18 minutes after 5:00. we're about 20 minutes away from sunrise this morning. starting to see the skies brighten up getting a better

view of the clouds coming into the area. this is a live view looking past the comcast center this morning. 78 degrees. humidity is up there again today. 79%. a little bit of a breeze at the airport. southwesterly wind. scattered showers in the pocono mountains. you can see them this live view coming through the pocono mountains right now. scranton is seeing scattered showers. light showers to start with, getting choked up about this one. heavier showers are moving through central pennsylvania. those are heading east. we'll see shows this afternoon. a warm and muggy day. we could see scattered showers this morning. thunderstorms coming in this afternoon. by then my voice should be nice and clear. 80s today, short of the 90 degree mark which we saw yesterday. in fact it was up to 91 yesterday. near 90 tomorrow. showers and some thunderstorms thursday and then we get a break, turning less humid friday. it will be nice and sunny on

saturday, up to 91 though saturday afternoon. still quite warm on sunday. 89 degrees with sunshine, then a chance of more showers and thunderstorms monday and tuesday. >> bill's vocal chords reached their 10,000 word limit early this morning. you heard of a guardian angel. how about a grocery store angel. a church pastor tapped 15 unsuspecting customers and paid for all of their customers. how about that? the church congregation raised the money for that. video of the kind gestures quickly went viral. the pastor said he wants other people to follow that example. pretty cool. shark on the shore. an nbc 10 viewer captured the latest sighting on camera. you see it here. we'll tell you where this video was taken and what kind of shark is involved in this. a solution for seniors who want to eat healthy but can't always afford the fresh produce items. ahead in the next half hour, we walk you through a free food

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5:2 33. investigators say a hacker shut down four gaming websites last week and threatened to cause more trouble unless someone paid a ransom using the online currency bitcoin. no player money was stolen and the state says everyone's personal information is safe. authorities are still investigating. fast food chain subway suspended its relationship with

long-time spokesperson jared fogel after federal agent raided his home as part of a child porn investigation. the fbi searched fogel's house in indiana yesterday and left with several computers. fogel became subway spokesperson after losing nearly 250 pounds by eating subway sandwiches and exercising. subway says the raid is likely linked to a former employee at the foundation that jared started. the company behind some of your favorite treats could be getting ready for stock market launch. landon dowdy is here with that in this morning's cnbc business news. good morning. good morning to you. hostess brands the maker of twinkies ding dongs and other items is looking into an ipo.

over on wall street futures are lower this morning. investors may react to a big sell-off in asia overnight. chinese stocks dropping to a four-month low even as the government imposes emergency measures. china's market has dropped 30% in just the past month, sparking fears about the health of the world's second largest economy. the dow posted its biggest reversal in more than three years after being down 218 points, the dow closing up 93 to 17 17776. >> a sigh of relief for our 401(k)s. thanks. we have weather volatility on the way, too. temperatures 78 degrees right now. 80s this afternoon. high humidity and you'll see sunshine, at least to start with at cape may. that's a dry view from the marquis de lafayette hotel. 78 degrees at 5:25.

jessica boyington is in the first alert traffic center. >> bill, we're doing a quick check out on new jersey on the 42 freeway around the new jersey turnpike in runnemede. the taillights are headed up toward the bridges. you can see brake lights. we're getting volume a little bit earlier this morning. we're checking in with mass transit, coming up. i'm matt delucia at philadelphia international airport. world cup soccer star carli lloyd is back in our area after that big win. we'll talk about her with that, coming up.

nbc 10 breaking news. >> lloyd has landed. just days after leading the u.s. women's soccer team to a world cup win, carli is back in burlington county. the celebrations aren't over yet. we'll tell you what is next for the south jersey soccer star. a close encounter caught on camera. we'll tell you what we learned about another shark sighting on the jersey shore. count on the nbc 10 first alert weather team to help you prepare for the heat the humidity and the heavy rain headed our way. talk about the heat it's 70 degrees already outside. and it's just about 5:30. good morning and welcome to nbc 10 news today. i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm chris cato. onthe what's on the thermometer you'll feel the humidity again, very quick as you walk outside. let's begin with meteorologist bill henley and his first alert forecast. bill? >> it is a warmer start this

morning, upper 70s, slowly falling temperatures and we're watching some rainfall just to the west. light showers already in the pocono mountains. harrisburg seeing some light rainfall. the showers are slowly moving east. the temperatures will be moving up. at this hour they're still falling. they're not beginning to go much lower. 71 in allentown, upper 70s in dover and millville. 77 in mt. holly. sunshine will be fading as clouds come in and the chance of showers, especially north and west at 10:00. by lunch time early in the afternoon, we could see showers in philadelphia too. thunderstorms will threaten us this afternoon. your neighborhood by neighborhood forecast when i come back in ten minutes. right now let's get a check of traffic with jessica boyington. >> we're doing a quick check on new jersey roads. ongoing construction a scene not active on 295 around the black horse pike. you can see the lane restrictions right in here. 13 minutes still, headed southbound which is typically where we see the volume